[000:00:00;00] welcome to the broadcast of the program of the ukrainian voice of america time, and i am its host ostap yarysh from february last year, russia killed more than 500 ukrainian children , maimed about a thousand more and exposed almost 20,000, and on the international day for the protection of children, june 1 , another child died as a result of russian attacks on kyiv, commenting on this attack , the us ambassador to ukraine bridget bring said the kremlin's systematic attacks on the civilian population and the illegal deportation of thousands of ukrainian children and terrible examples of russia's war crimes, justice must to be achieved and the ukrainian ambassador to the usa, oksana makarova, added that ukraine needs all the support in order to achieve peace as soon as possible and to save more lives during may. russia carries out air attacks on ukrainian cities , in particular on kyiv, almost every day, but how do they react to this in congress, what do they say about the possibility of ukraine to inflict strikes on the territory of russia and how they propose to bring the russians to

justice, let's talk about all this with kateryna risunova, who is now joining us from the capitol hill, katya, congratulations i congratulate you, katya. i know you had the opportunity to talk with american senators the day before and ask them if ukraine starts to respond to the russian attack with strikes on russian territory . there are certain conditions that should be observed, but ukraine has the right to defend itself and not only on the property of the sovereign territory, but also on the territory where the threat comes from. now there is a war in ukraine, and it is not a war that they chose, it is a war that was imposed on them by vladimir putin. therefore, ukraine has the right to defend itself and defend itself not only on its sovereign territory, but also everywhere the aggressor gives

, such is the nature of war, again, if putin did not develop if he had fought this war, he would not have found himself in the circumstances he is in now and i really want for that country, this is a question that ukrainians have to answer themselves, this is their conflict, they know better what to do and what answer to give, and i understand that, i am definitely not one of those who is going to sit and judge what they do, but in relation to russia itself, and when they do such things, most people would realize that there will be a reaction to it, and the reaction will be incredibly similar to the recation , it is necessary to admit that russia is guilty of this war of aggression, all the consequences of this war, including the actions of both sides, were initiated by the russians and they must bear responsibility ukraine defends itself, we recognize that there are certain restrictions and they must be observed ukraine

showed great restraint during this war of aggression that russia started by sometimes russia doesn't hold back at all for forgiveness, after all, it's a war and ukraine needs to make sure that it will survive this war, so they will have to do everything they have to do to win this war, interesting comments by senators, you literally see them on the move katya caught the congresses now you also followed the hearings which related to how to achieve justice and bring russia to justice for its crimes, what vision of katya was expressed by the administration of the united states, the hearing itself took place before the committee on international relations of the united states senate america, the topic of these hearings was the prosecution of the russians for their atrocities, how they committed the crimes in ukraine, and they should be held accountable during the hearings. during the hearings, the ambassador to the united states department of communications and

war crimes, betwa skak, said that according to van skak, the most important issue now is the creation of an appropriate body that will investigate russian crimes and bring to justice all criminals, according to the ambassador of the dojdepartment , the international criminal court cannot take on such a role because not all countries ratified the rome statute, it will also not be possible to create such a body not on the basis of the united nations, therefore , directly due to russia's permanent membership in the security council, conditionally, which will actually be against condemning itself for its own crimes , according to van scat, she insists that it is necessary to create a corresponding body based on ukrainian legislation, and it is from there to start the investigation and directly bring all criminals to justice , she also emphasized to you that the investigation

of these crimes in ukraine is now the most important a question for all humanity after the nuremberg tribunal offers to hear just now this is probably the most significant war crimes investigation case in human history after the nuerbert tribunal the international criminal court does not have jurisdiction over the crime of aggression in this matter because russia has not ratified the rome statute so this has prompted proposals to create of the special tribunal , ukrainians consider the crime of aggression to be, so to speak, the original sin because it essentially solved all other war crimes and this fair, that is why we support the creation of this international tribunal, this is the vision expressed in the administration of the congress to buy for justice, when exactly should we expect the creation of such a body, and directly to the legislators to whom i submitted this question

, they were divided in their answers, some claim that without victory in the country, we should not expect full-fledged justice, others believe that it is not worth waiting for the victory of ukraine, it is necessary to create appropriate bodies already now, i suggest listening to their comments right now, there will be no justice without peace. i believe that there will be no peace without the victory of ukraine, without success on the battlefield, without success in the war , it will be very difficult to implement the justice that the ukrainians deserve in relation to the russian aggressors. there are international means of bringing to justice even those soldiers of individual countries who succeeded in their aggression, there were such examples in several countries. but in this particular case, when russia is so big and russian soldiers have committed so many atrocities, i believe that

victory is crucial in order to we could guarantee any significant responsibility in this matter, there is no statute of limitations, responsibility is what we insist on. i know that the ukrainians also insist on this and it is a fair demand , this is a matter of justice and it must happen here, there is no time limit. it must happen, you faster, but you don’t need to wait for this. at the end of the conflict, we need ukraine to win this war, period, for the sake of the freedom of ukraine and for the sake of supporting the international position that prohibits the use of force against other countries but we also have to guarantee that no matter what, in the end we will guarantee putin's responsibility for war crimes and we are all committed to doing everything possible for this we will work both with ukrainians and with the international criminal court katya thank you for your inclusion it is always very interesting to listen to these comments of legislators, which you collect from her, explanations from you, too

. kateryna lisonova was with us in communication from kapitoriya hills in april. last year , the russians launched a rocket attack on the railway station in kramatorsk, when thousands of people tried to leave there, then 61 people died and 126 were injured. among the injured were mother and daughter nataliya and yana stepanenko from donetsk region. they lost their legs more than a year after the tragedy with the help of american doctors . ukraine , their story will be told by iryna shynkarenko , a 12-year-old resident of donetsk region, yana stepanenko, rides a bicycle in california. yana and her family were on the platform of the kramatorsk station when

a russian rocket fell on it. it is not at all clear what happened and then . at first i did not understand what happened. i just lay at the station, raised my legs, but they were not there, and at that moment i was in shock, panic, it was difficult to understand what are you without legs and how can i continue to live and i on yana and then on yana's legs yana and then on her legs and she had no stop i tried to get up i looked at my leg and it was hanging on the tendons that day a close relative of my mother died next to them with daughter they were transported to lviv, where they received help, then they flew to san diego for prosthetics , they learned to walk again for a year, the girl also underwent an operation in the usa, they shuffled a bone , i walk on my right leg , the bone prevented me from walking and it was necessary to remove it , they performed an operation and now i walk well i remember those moments when i first put on prostheses. it was very difficult. in fact , the prostheses themselves are very heavy. they are not easy. at first, they were super heavy, as if stones

were tied to my legs. it was unusual for me to wobble. at first, i had to learn to keep my balance. well, then i broke up, now everything is fine once i wanted it to be all right it was blow after blow, says natalia, but she was able to pull herself together for the sake of her daughter and son, who grew up in an instant yaroslav and yana twins , the boy was also at the station at the time of the rocket impact and miraculously i didn't hurt her, that's the only thing i said to her, that's the only thing jana said, if we didn't die, we didn't accomplish anything in this life. so, for some reason, we stayed alive , that's why we continue to live . he supports her, gives her such instructions, and i say yano , the children dance and figure skating and run, they can do everything. i advise everyone not to be upset. at first, i was also upset. and now everything has let go . olena halyuk, a former kyivan, her relatives are now in ukraine. she invited natalya and yanov on a visit to her beauty salon

to distract them from what they have experienced but i know that i know that she is strong i know that she is a winner she knows that everything will be fine with her it is visible it is felt that she will not give up i want to help her in this natalya and her children are homesick and soon plan to return to ukraine, and all the same, the lady wants to go home, if it were not good here, and she wants to go home , so many people have gone and there is nowhere to return , the houses are broken into people, we will return and i do not know what we are from let's get started and in the meantime you will learn not only to walk but also to smile again, and this is the most difficult thing to believe , as natalya says that there are people who support the war that took away her relatives and the health of her and her daughter iryna shinkarenko angelina baghdasaryan voice of america is our next story about latvia, according to its new law, people who did not pass the latvian language exam

must leave the country already in december of this year. for many years, they did not find an opportunity to learn the latvian language because russian was enough for them, and they are even preparing an appeal to the constitutional court of ukraine with a demand to cancel the law, andrii hetman will tell in more detail the second largest city in latvia near the border in belarus and russia, about half of the residents are russians, more than 2,000 russian citizens have already signed up for the exam here, others are looking for help , mostly elderly people are literally storming the reception room of one of the deputies of the city duma, hold on, you just need to collect all your documents well, pensioners are asking you to explain how to avoid deportation from latvia, what documents to draw up and at the same time collect signatures for an appeal to the constitutional court because they consider language tests to be a violation of their language rights

i don't know how to pass this exam. i didn't take it. i don't know the language. they used to teach it at school, but we were told that way. you probably won't need it. it hasn't been useful yet. it's been 70 years . it won't be useful for me. i know everything in russian with a cart so boring but not the language i know something but not exactly the way they ask there they ask very strictly there we didn’t have a latvian environment they only taught at school i was born here why do i have to go somewhere why do i have to leave somewhere in at the ministry of education, latvians fill out the language proficiency exam, a simple problem can arise only for those who do not speak or understand the latvian language at all, here are tasks that are divided into topics, basic information about a person and there is education, work about how he spends his free time, for example, in this task you need to answer the questions related to the pictures, who does what, where, what kind of sport do you like more and why is this

the spoken language section of pjsc juvenile, even if you fail to pass the exam the first time it will be possible to do it again and then the next attempt or many attempts if it doesn't work again quietly the exam is going on everything is like at school for those who forgot a reminder on the door it is forbidden to peek in other people's notebooks i was preparing all night for example today i did n't sleep well once i can't sleep i decided that i can't it's worth wasting time, you have to get up and get ready and prepare for the army before the law appears in the spoken word, you yes, but as for grammar, you didn't know, you didn't know , you think you passed, you know, i think so 50 to 50 50 to 50 well, of course, we were worried of course

we were worried, but not so much that we forgot all the words. in general , we felt like students for a long time. the first data of the exams successfully makes up about half of russian citizens in latvia more than 20,000 residents of this country in recent years gave up their latvian passports and accepted russian citizenship for various reasons russian pension, family ties, trips, studies, work, now to continue living in latvia on a permanent basis, people who have changed their citizenship must pass a latvian language test, otherwise they face deportation, deportation is a big word, but if people do not submit all the necessary documents by december 1 , then they will are forced to leave latvia by the second of december because they no longer have a legal reason to stay here, our administration will not search for people. it is not our competence to decide on

deportation. and if a person does not leave the country, the case is handled by the border guard, people over 75 years old and those whose health is not allowed by a doctor's decision are exempted from exams. of other countries that opened their borders and hearts to ukrainian immigrants is japan , for a country known for its strict immigration laws - this is a unique case in 2021 japan accepted less than 100 refugees from all over the world, and in 2022 over a thousand ukrainians, why are immigrants from ukraine called evacuees here, what conditions does the government create for them, and why do the japanese sympathize with ukraine so much? my colleague yuliya yarmolenko, who visited japan and found out how they help ukrainians in trouble, will tell about all this. oksana and natalya paramonova came to

japan four months ago, ms. natalya from shostka, sumy region, a city that the russians did not manage to capture, but the encirclement and constant shelling seriously affected the health of the 69-year-old woman, when on april 7 we the region was liberated, we already thought that it was such a joy, we were so happy, but still, every night we go to both reservoirs because they shell 20 km to the border, well, my psychological state was very bad. oksana came from italy and took me. my mother says that we need to leave a little and a little to support health, dad, my husband, my husband remained, the first stop of the women was europe, and later they went in the opposite direction to asia in

japan, where her youngest daughter has been living for 7 years. for a country that accepted only 74 refugees a year before, what openness is a unique case, the ambassador of ukraine to japan , serhiy korsunskyi, tells us what exactly is the idea of ​​the status of evacuees in our country. at home under the threat of persecution by the government itself . that is, they are threatened by their own government , therefore, from the very first days when the aggression began, it was clear that it was necessary to help ukrainians to survive these times, we started talking with the japanese, they immediately rejected this name refage, that's why such a formula was found and you call them evacuees in english, it means evacuees, temporarily displaced persons, and they fall into a completely different legal category, and if the status of refage here, you can

wait five to eight years and not get this status japan the thing about ukrainians that the doors were opened instantly, in fact, the main condition for arrival is to have a so-called sponsor, who can be a relative or an acquaintance, a company, an institution or a university, the rest according to japanese and local the government's model is roughly like this: a ukrainian comes to japan for two weeks, they put him in a four-star hotel here near tokyo in chibi, uh, they wait there for re-issuing of documents, because first one visa, then uh, in fact, a card is given, well , it's not a permanent place of residence, but it's an opportunity to work. the main thing is - this is an id and the opportunity to work, in addition, they are offered prefectures and cities throughout japan where they can go to live, and today you can find ukrainians everywhere from hokkaido to kinava and they choose

, they go there in every prefecture in how offices have been created to help ukraine, there are special people who do this, they accept these families, they resettle them for free, children go to school, parents are given the opportunity to work, they are given medical insurance , just like the japanese, uh, it is necessary to pay for it, but that's fine. excuse me 10 $ per month oksana and mrs. natalya got an apartment in the suburbs of tokyo, they only pay utilities and , in addition to state aid, oksana says they feel constant support from ordinary japanese people. in fact, i didn't even expect it , because there is something in the world that japan is very like that. a closed country, a country where the people are very closed. and here the first time was the first time when i said that it was like home. that is, it is not home, but the feeling is that comfort and love. people are very open. the japanese are very open. people

are very welcoming. they take everything very much to heart, feel at home , help and specially created support centers for ukrainians, as othimavari is japanese, a sunflower in the center of the tokyo district is blooming here , ukrainians can communicate with each other and receive practical and psychological help , mrs. natalya says that such centers are for her a real consolation, japan has opened up completely different . i ask god every day. god, give people such a heart so that they can share with them. iryna and everyone here

are very sensitive, they help us sailors so much. kiya is the founder of the khimari center. she is a psychologist specializing in working with people who have experienced trauma from ukraine. such people come a lot, says mariko, especially children near whom she feels sometimes even without words. as an adult, i feel the pain and responsibility for the war, i hear from many ukrainians that now they are fighting for the future of their children for the preservation of their country, so i believe that adults all over the world should feel responsible for the fact that in the xxi century, ukrainian children, ukrainian people are going through so much grief, the war and i alone will not be able to stop the war, even the american president cannot stop it but to help those people who came to japan with psychological trauma is within my power and not

only psychologically, part of the evacuees come to japan with untreated diseases. oksana, for example, is fighting cancer, and mariko, who herself has cancer, helped a woman to find the right doctor and communicate her needs . everything when i see a happy face or a smile of ukrainians, it gives me strength when people come here for the first time they are all very nervous and when they get to the hospital they feel confused but we go with them to help and communicate and at the end of the visit they smile very sincerely and it makes me stronger so i i don't just give my energy to ukrainians, i get a very big charge of energy from them. long yes. and in one-year-old robert, who has been living in japan for 9 months, the team of the center helps with another language and work. this is probably the biggest help for me that is here. and i try to help here as well . and they help me with learning japanese and with finding a job, this center was able to help me find a job. i am currently working in a japanese restaurant

, and to be honest, i am very happy because i can do something good for the world. to enter the university to become an aviation engineer. and also to see the family that remained in ukraine, because i have already been abroad for a year and a half. i miss him very much . i will definitely return to ukraine , mrs. natalya plans, and in the meantime , cook borscht with a few japanese neighbors in she planted some vegetables, she invites everyone to ukraine and knows what she will do after the victory, i will go there because we will have to rebuild, my husband and i are not at such an age that we can do something global, but she will plant another garden of flowers, this is us

we can only support those people who lost someone in the war, and there are a lot of them. japan is a country that first meets the sun and says mrs. natalya shares her warmth with others. she never expected that despite the distance of thousands of kilometers and the difference in culture, the japanese would be so concerned about the plight of ukrainians and wants everyone to know about it. i send a photo to ukraine and tell about the people so that they know that there is such a country far to the east that gives the sun from japan . signature handwriting that the armed forces of ukraine now have . this is a unique font developed by a designer from sumy. what ukrainian traditions were used in the work on the font for the armed forces and why the german army uses the style developed by the russians

? of ukrainian traditions, even of ancient traditions, but for it to be modern and if it conveyed the spirit of the impossible on horses with sabers, we are fighting all the same there, it’s night vision devices, the modern army is a classic, which well, in some vopros ot well, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, here he was, and there was such a wheat that well, how, how else should it be? well, otherwise. that's how ukrainian font designer dmytro rastvortsev talks about his new work. the signature font of the armed forces of ukraine is the one he now writes the texts and marks. equipment and the ukrainian army is advertised to the question of how a typewriter from the city of sumy became its author dmytro replied on facebook , dima wrote hello, i am developing a corporate style for the armed forces, he needs a font, well, how about a type to

cooperate positively well, that's all the developer of the corporate style of the zsu explained his choice of designer like this: i know dmytro's works, i watched them and they are of very good , high quality. i see how they are used in other projects, and it was simply an honor to work with such a specialist, with such a truly professional, with a ukrainian typeface who simply saw here all the specifics of the armed forces of ukraine, made a truly modern ukrainian and military font, the same work of the creator, almost every ukrainian encountered this font of a single portal of public services, actions and the kyiv digital application of well-known banks, postal services, supermarkets, before starting the creation of a font for the ukrainian army, dmytro studied the fonts of the world

army, according to him, the russian army does not have a permanent brand font at all. it is hanging on google, you can download it there and use it. well, yes, but in the conditions when we refuse russian products, well , not the germans, maybe they are not aware. well, in general, yes. and i came down today, it’s possible, i’ll let you contact me, you can contact the task number for bundera , well, they have enough of their own specialists, the font of the ukrainian army supports many languages, including russian, we will have to liberate the territories and write the same, uh, well, russian , give yourself some kind this is a proverb i would have learned russian only for the purpose of interrogating the captives, the entire font yuaf sans has 64 types of drawings, the market value of such a designer's work can be several tens of thousands of dollars dmytro developed it for free olena adamenko mykhailo zayka for

to the voice of america from sumy oblast and this is how we say goodbye to you. thank you for staying with us and trusting the voice of america in ukrainian. i wish you a peaceful night and a calm morning . see you soon. we continue the search for three missing children from the vlasov family. we are talking about two brothers, dmytro and artem, and their little sister sofia was told about the children's disappearance by their aunt, she is the one in the photo with the children . olena has been living in spain for 10 years, but regularly kept in touch with her brother and nephew. the woman said that her relatives lived in the city of mariupol in a nine-story building at 61 kurchatova street and the last time they got in touch was the day before the start of a full-scale war and i don't know

what happened to them. i'm looking for viber and telegram. i don't know. i don't know where to find them imagine for more than a year, ms. olena, i do not know anything about the fate of my family, so i am asking for help to find my relatives. this is me , her brother serhiy vlasov, together with his sons artem and dmytro. disease as early as 2014 little sofia was only two years old at the time and she suffered the loss of her mother very hard because of this and she still has certain psychological disturbances and problems with development, the girl speaks very poorly, mother, what do you do , sofia is now 10 years old, and her brothers artem and dmytro are 12 and 14 years old on the left in the photo in a green t-shirt artem and in the middle in a gray